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		wumeow on Oct 30, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: US detects H5N1 bird flu in swine for the first ti... The article mentions 36 people have already gotten it and their symptoms were mild.

veb on Oct 30, 2024 | [–]

There's been a bigger outbreak in Washington it seems - https://nitter.poast.org/richardhirschs1/status/185164171224...

dopylitty on Oct 30, 2024 | [–]

While that’s true it’s good to be vigilant.

Viruses are constantly evolving and flu can also exchange parts of its genome with other flu strains (reassortment).

It may become more (or less) virulent by chance while evolving more fitness for human bodies so past results don’t guarantee future results.

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